I recently participated in a virtual roundtable discussion with U-M greats Bruce Madej, John U. Bacon and Jon Falk talking about what else? The Little Brown Jug. Here's the full piece, nicely produced by the University of Michigan Alumni Association as part of a virtual Homecoming celebration.
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Yost Busts The Ghost | This Week in Michigan Football History (1925)
To open season 11 of TWIMFbH, it's the story of how Michigan's Fielding H. Yost returned to the head coach position. For a year Yost planned, schemed, and devised a strategy to stifle Illinois' great Red 'The Galloping Ghost' Grange on October 24, 1925. This segment appears on the WTKA 1050AM Countdown to Kickoff, starting four hours before each game.
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Really little Little Brown Jugs (1930s)
A beautiful 1934 Little Brown Jug pin, and the set of mini stoneware Brown Jug collectibles from which it came. Love this stuff.
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The Poison Water Myth
The next nugget of Jug Lore gets into why U-M bought the jug in the first place. Did Michigan and Fielding H. Yost actually fear that Minnesota might taint or poison the Wolverine water supply? Is that really why they bought the jug – to control the source of Willie Heston’s water? Let’s examine this: If you dig this videos, like/subscribe/share/comment. As always, get all of your Little Brown Jug Lore here…
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Jug Brotherhood +1
Congrats to the latest member of the Jug Brotherhood – Anselm Scipione! The brotherhood is rarefied air, reserved to only those who have taken the challenge to obtain and paint (with excruciating detail) a replica Little Brown Jug for their man shrine. Here’s a look: Nicely done Anselm!
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Jug Stolen! On Michigan’s Watch (1931-1933)
Latest from the socially distant MVictors History Show, a short video about the when the Little Brown Jug went missing in 1931: If you dig this videos, like/subscribe/share/comment. As always, get all of your Little Brown Jug Lore here…
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Talking a lot about 1940
I recently joined the great Seth Fisher along with Dr. Sap on mgoblog’s The Teams podcast, this time talking (a lot!) about 1940. And especially Heisman winner Tom Harmon. And get ready for a good 45 minutes of me jabbering about the 1930s! (naturally). I encourage you to read up and listen on mgoblog here.
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Tom Harmon vs. The Drunk (Birthday Special Edition)
This Saturday (9/28/2019) would have marked Tom Harmon’s 100th birthday. Here’s my salute to Michigan’s great 1940 Heisman Trophy recipient, Old 98. What better way to mark this occasion then to relive this incident during the 1940 Cal game? After deking out several Bear defenders, Harmon faces one more “Cal” man near the endzone – a pickled fan named Harold Brennan who had enough of Terrible Tommy and decided to take matters into his own hands.
